diff --git a/inetd/manifests/init.pp b/inetd/manifests/init.pp
index 24fe6d2..b4bc0c9 100644
--- a/inetd/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/inetd/manifests/init.pp
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ define inetd::service($ensure = present) {
                 },
                 unless  => $ensure ? {
                     "present" => "egrep '^${name}[[:space:]]' /etc/inetd.conf",
-                    "absent"  => "egrep '^#${name}[[:space:]]' /etc/inetd.conf",
+                    "absent"  => undef,
+                },
+                onlyif  => $ensure ? {
+                    "present" => undef,
+                    "absent"  => "egrep '^${name}[[:space:]]' /etc/inetd.conf",
                 },
                 path    => "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin",
                 notify  => Service["inetd"],